Crop an AutoCAD drawing

An AutoCAD drawing may be too large to work with after importing or opening it. If this is the case, you can crop the drawing.

1. Zoom out until you see the entire AutoCAD drawing on the screen.

2. Click an empty space on the diagram to deselect anything that may be already selected.

3. Rest your cursor on the outside edge of the AutoCAD drawing until your cursor changes to this icon:
   

4. Right-click, and then click Crop Tool.

5. Drag the crop handles inward to eliminate extra portions of the AutoCAD drawing.

6. Click outside the AutoCAD drawing to finalize the crop.